Mind-Body Exercise (Wuqinxi) for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Ke Wang, Shijie Liu, Zhaowei Kong, Yanjie Zhang and Jing Liu
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Ke Wang: Department of Physical Education, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Shijie Liu: Department of Physical Education, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Zhaowei Kong: Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau, China
Yanjie Zhang: Health and Exercise Science Laboratory, Institute of Sports Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
Jing Liu: Department of Martial Arts, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Objective : This study is the first meta-analysis investigating the rehabilitative effects of Wuqinxi for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods : Five electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, CNKI, and Wanfang) from inception until early November 2018 were searched. All randomized controlled trials (RCT) using Wuqinxi as the main intervention component were included for meta-analysis. The pooled effect sizes (Standardized mean difference, SMD) were calculated to determine the magnitude of the Wuqinxi intervention effect. Moderator analysis was only conducted for total training time. Results : Overall results of the meta-analysis indicated that Wuqinxi exercise significantly improved exercise capability ( SMD = 1.18, 95% CI 0.53 to 1.84, e < 0.001, I 2 = 84.97%), FEV1 ( SMD = 0.44, 95% CI 0.12 to 0.77, e < 0.001, I 2 = 33.77%), FEV1% ( SMD = 0.59, 95% CI 0.24 to 0.93, e < 0.001, I 2 = 63.79%), FEV1/FVC ( SMD = 0.65, 95% CI 0.37 to 0.93, e = 0.006, I 2 = 44.32%) and CCQ ( SMD = 1.23, 95% CI 0.31 to 2.14, e = 0.01, I 2 = 93.32%). Conclusions : With no occurrence of adverse event, clinicians could try to incorporate Wuqinxi exercise into their first-line rehabilitation regime for COPD patients.

Keywords: Mind-body exercise; mindfulness-based exercise; meditative movement; Wuqinxi; COPD; Randomized controlled trial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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